Mayweather vs Cotto

[Taeth]

If a past his prime De La Hoya can push Mayweather to a split decicion, and bare in mind ODLH is not a natural pressure fighter.

Then you got to say a clever pressure fighter who can fight to a game plan would stand a chance.


This is a fight where I think Mayweather would have to stand his ground and fight or get beaten.

PITY IT IS NOT LIKLEY TO HAPPEN

Anyone who thought Oscar deserved a split decision is a retard, I am not kidding right now. Oscar lost by AT LEAST 4 rounds. Mayweather outsped him, out boxed him, even outfought Oscar down the stretch. Oscar wasn't pressuring the whole fight, there were plenty of times Mayweather stood right in front of the much larger Oscar and made Oscar miss while landing his own shots.

Keep in mind Oscar is a better boxer, faster, stronger chin, and hits harder then Cotto. Cotto does pressure better, he's more accurate, and he is better against speed, but he is outmatched against Floyd, a guy he wouldn't hurt, wouldn't outbox, wouldn't beat on the inside.

[zhubin]

If a past his prime De La Hoya can push Mayweather to a split decicion, and bare in mind ODLH is not a natural pressure fighter.

Then you got to say a clever pressure fighter who can fight to a game plan would stand a chance.


This is a fight where I think Mayweather would have to stand his ground and fight or get beaten.

PITY IT IS NOT LIKLEY TO HAPPEN

Anyone who thought Oscar deserved a split decision is a retard, I am not kidding right now. Oscar lost by AT LEAST 4 rounds. Mayweather outsped him, out boxed him, even outfought Oscar down the stretch. Oscar wasn't pressuring the whole fight, there were plenty of times Mayweather stood right in front of the much larger Oscar and made Oscar miss while landing his own shots.

Keep in mind Oscar is a better boxer, faster, stronger chin, and hits harder then Cotto. Cotto does pressure better, he's more accurate, and he is better against speed, but he is outmatched against Floyd, a guy he wouldn't hurt, wouldn't outbox, wouldn't beat on the inside.

Floyd won the fight...no question. But for certain stretches...Oscar was able to land his jab at will and read/block Floyd's punches. Floyd eventually settled down and used his superior stamina/speed to win the fight. I have always thought in order to beat Floyd you need a great jab and great stamina. Cotto has an excellent jab. He normally has pretty good stamina...but when pressured his stamina and his chin are question marks for me (Floyd certainly isn't a pressure fighter). All that being said...Cotto would probably be the best all around, PRIME fighter Floyd has faced in a long time. As good as Oscar still is, he certainly wasn't in his prime when fighting Floyd and i thought Oscar's all out pressure style was the wrong game plan anyways against Floyd. Oscar best moments in that fight is when he boxed using his jab. Cotto has developed into a more complete boxer...he even showed great counter punching skills against Tony (of course Tony is much easier to hit than Floyd). Just saying...i wouldn't say Cotto is now just a pressure fighter...he can mix it up pretty well. Floyd vs. Cotto would be a very good fight. But i still think Floyd's superior skill, stamina, and defense would lead him to a UD.

[Taeth]

Oscar's jab was the most overrated punch in the fight. It hardly landed at all. SUre it did a few times, and thats bound to happen, but it wasn't dominant in any round except maybe the 7th... people are totally overhyping what Oscar was doing. And as for Oscar's defense, he definitely made Mayweather not land as flush of shots as he would have liked, but Floyd still landed a very high % of his punches. As for all round fighter, both this Oscar and Cotto are pretty close, Oscar is a superior boxer, Cotto is a better pressure fighter, Oscar is harder to hit, Cotto is more accurate, both hit hard, but Oscar has a way better chin, both have troubles down the stretch when they are being pushed in a fight. Oscar's faster, Cotto has better timing, but after that Oscar is a lot bigger, more experienced, etc, etc.

Cotto does have a chance, but not a very big one, and no Oscar stood no chance against Mayweather.

[truth32]

i see pbf beating him however he wants sticking and moving or by ko cotto just dont have what it takes to be great

[porkypara]

If a past his prime De La Hoya can push Mayweather to a split decicion, and bare in mind ODLH is not a natural pressure fighter.

Then you got to say a clever pressure fighter who can fight to a game plan would stand a chance.


This is a fight where I think Mayweather would have to stand his ground and fight or get beaten.

PITY IT IS NOT LIKLEY TO HAPPEN

Anyone who thought Oscar deserved a split decision is a retard, I am not kidding right now. Oscar lost by AT LEAST 4 rounds. Mayweather outsped him, out boxed him, even outfought Oscar down the stretch. Oscar wasn't pressuring the whole fight, there were plenty of times Mayweather stood right in front of the much larger Oscar and made Oscar miss while landing his own shots.

Keep in mind Oscar is a better boxer, faster, stronger chin, and hits harder then Cotto. Cotto does pressure better, he's more accurate, and he is better against speed, but he is outmatched against Floyd, a guy he wouldn't hurt, wouldn't outbox, wouldn't beat on the inside.

Well there are a lot of retards out there in that case coz a lot of people who know more about boxing than YOU thought ODLH won.